Hayden boys fight through rough night to pick up win No. 2

Steamboat Springs  It wasn’t pretty, but Hayden High School boys basketball doubled its season win total Friday night.

In what Tigers coach Mike Luppes called an "offensively inconsistent night," Hayden was able to pull out a 38-31 win at home against Plateau Valley, which has yet to win a league game this year.

“There wasn’t a lot of flow to the game at all,” Luppes said. “We were very, very inconsistent. We’d come down and look great then next position look silly with a turnover.”

And it was tight throughout.

After one quarter, Hayden led 9-8, and then 19-18 heading into halftime. Going into the fourth, the Tigers opened up a small lead, 27-23, and were able to finish the victory, their second of the season.